Political Anxiety Poems

April 16—Rain

No Rain



In 2025, the world ended
With the collapse
Of the worldwide climate system.

Monster storms of the century
devastated half the world.

But the other half of the...

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April 4—Personal grooming…

Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement

When Sam Adams
retired from
 the U.S. Department of State,

he made five vows
which he kept for years.

first, he would quit...

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CRISIS TEAM : HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP 

AGENT BROWN: I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT IN TOTAL FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT...

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Impressive values,
like love,
claim resources that liberally breed
ecological
natural
physically happy health
and conservatively feed
emotional
spiritual
mentally glad wealth.

Oppressive disvalues
like homophobia and racism
and sexism and ageism
and ableism 
and monoculturing disregard
for threats...

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Strong suspicion a 2024 presidential win...

for the trumpeting don
spells loss for democracy
after inauguration day
witnesses his swearing-in
nepotism will run rampant
lawlessness the name of the game
of thrones...

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(Medley: My Countries 'Tis O Thee)

My countries misery
          creeps and all losers be
   ...

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a

Trump
tweets
lies

Israel 
Bombs 
Gaza.

Houthi
Attack
Ships

Drones 
kill 
troops,

U.S.
bombs
Iran.

Politicians
offer
prayer,

No 
one
cares.

Gunman
create
ghosts,

I
drink
coffee,

people
drink
wine,

I
wake-up

dead.
...

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Not trying to be analytical 
Caught up by all the political 
Being so suspected misdirected 
Calling it out on a limb,
 saw down the tree...

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Although we had feared it,
we watch in disbelief,
our country’s Capitol,
symbol of democracy,
invaded by those wishing
to overturn the government.

Throngs of seditionists in
MAGA hats clog the streets
Of...

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Come post presidential election 2024... 

heil to the Wharton chief firebrand -
more worrisome than an ovarian cyst
every race, religion, nationality, 
gender, creed, et cetera with...

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"Call it curiosity"
Does anyone on this app really believe
That somehow or another every one of us
Truly think that one side is meant to deceive 
Or...

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You’re making me wait
“just two more weeks,” 
but already the wait’s
crossed half a year.
“A few more weeks, 
no difference,”you say,
and it’s true, but you see,
in...

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Oh Contention civil liberties that I so mention 
enduring the cooperating social groups non-functional
 non-binary confused disrupted abused circumstance 
non-existent analytical disagreements freed 
my people...

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The blackbird wants to sing a song.
What song?
A song of freedom
But its fragile beak is tied.

The blackbird lives on the Island. 
Where the Aubrey's tongue...

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I woke up feeling better today, 
in a post-trauma kind of way.  

This prompts me to give priority to gathering notes 
with supporting documents
from...

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